Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-09
No blame for the death Of Mrs. Huebe,

Grand Rapids lumbe rmen have purchas
ed 50 600 acres of timber land eighty five
miles from Houston Texas.
The Iron River railroad, which runs
from Iron River 10 Watersmeet, was for
mally opened on the lst inst
Dunford Fisher of Johnson, Barry coun-
ty, aged 81, had his leg amputated recent.
ly to get rid OF a cancerous growth.
Cass Cole, a we'll. known young man of
Grand Rapids, was drowned oil Ottawa
beach, near Holland, few days ago.
The state game warden's report shows
that there were % violations OF the game
laws during the month ending Aug. -.
A young fellow named Ryan of Kalama-
zoo, was accidentally shot dead by a com
panion, while out hunting few days ago.
The Second Michigan Infantry held its
annual reunion in Detroit on the LIST inst.
The next reunion will be held in Kalama
zoo.
Emanuel Myers was bound over to the
circuit court at Jackson for trial on the
charge of attempting to murder his young
wife.
The bony remains found in Williams
township, Bay county, belong to a NAM
moth or fossil elephant, and not to a mas
todon.
Roy Goldis, four-year old son OF VIM.
Goldie of East Saginaw, fell from the
shoulders of playmate and was so badly
| injured that he died.
Three furnaces are building at Bay City
for experiments to determine whether
crude petroleum can be converted success
fully into Illuminating gas.
A bridge on the q. r. d l., near Howard
City was discovered TO be on fire the 9th
er day. Warning was given in time to
prevent another railroad horror.
The Hillsdale county soldiers and sailors
association has dsbanded and been merg
ed, war-horse colonel" and ALL into the
Grand army for southeastern Michigan.
James Mickey of Terubusco, Ind, was
robbed of Sl,6 go on a Wabash train near
Milan the other morning. He was on his
way 10 Adrian to attend the encampment.
Albert Fuller, living near Ovid, had four
horses killed by train on the Grand Ha-
ven q Milwaukee railroad He proposes
TO make the company pay for the equines.
Fred. Gould's 1O-year-old son was in
stantly killed at Keeler, near Decatur, by
striking on his head after being hurled
from a roller, which had collided with a
stump.
Iceland, ottawa county, celebrated on
the 3lst ult the 40th anniversary of the
landing Of three ship-loads of their kins
men, who came direct from Holland 10
Iceland.
Joseph Shower, who lives three miles
from Armada, lost 20 tons of hay, 100
by fire, supposed TO have been com
municated from a traction engine.
The extension OF the Chicago q North
western from Metropolitan to Republic
won't he built this year, because the com
pany prefers TO push its line from Ishpem-
ing to Michigamme and Republic first.
a. T. Brewer and George y. Hauptman
have sold 30t0),0 eco feet of timber on the
north shore of Lake Superior near Duluth
TO Avery x Richardson of East Saginaw
at 50 stumpage, or about $4,000 for the lot
Miss Deel Kempton of North Adams
crawled out of window in her sisters
house at Morenci, where she was visiting
and wandered away. Her whereabouts
are unknown and she is supposed to be
demented
Muskegon Lake near ID. A. Blodnett's
mill, containing a card on which was writ
ten: Aug. IS, 1857. Lost in a reck. Can't
Glitch aney fish. Will fish in the other
world Mike
Rose Hartwick Thorpe, who wrote
"Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight" in
Litchfield Hillsdale county, when she was
a school girl, will move from Texas TO
California to make the latter state her
permanent home.
Coles livery stable on Gratiot avenue,
Detroit, was destroyed 10y fire the other
morning and George :. Hall, a Macomb
county farmer, who was sleeping in the
barn, was burned 20 n crisp. Fifteen
horses also persisted in the flames.
The father of Patrick Corbett, young
man who was run over near Birch Run
recently, believes his son was murdered
and the body placed upon the track. He
is trying to get the sheriff of Saginaw
county TO take steps in the matter
Lyman Curtis, one of the victims Of the
boiler explosion near Flint, has since died
The other victims are improving. In all
probability several suits for damages will
grow out of the matter. Interested par
ties are known TO have taken course.
NJ b. Farrin q Co., having finished cut
ting their tract of pine have shut down
their mill at South Boardman. They
have cut in all about Is 100000 feet They
have also large tract of hemlock but
will not cut il at present as the returns
would be TOO small 10 pay for handling.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McMillen of Mar
lette. went out the other day leaving the
house in charge of the children, the eldest
of whom is 10 years old. During their
absence their year old boy had got some
matches and fired his clothing, and was so
badly burned that he died in few hours.
The brine settlers in K. b. Baird's salt
block in Marine City, collapsed at mid
night the other night, tearing away the
smokestack, breaking down the dock,
smashing in the side Of the block and de-
stroying 300 barrels of salt. The damage
is $1,000. No one was injured The block
will he rebuilt at once.
The Cincinnati Jackson a Mackinac